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Where does “ärm” come from?

ärm (Swedish) comes from Swedish rörelse, from Swedish -else, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ärm (Swedish): sleeve; a part of a garment that covers all or...

Definitions

  1. sleeve; a part of a garment that covers all or...

Ancestry of “ärm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrörelsemovement; a move between points in space;...
2Swedish-elsecreating nouns from verbs
3Old Saxon-isli—
4Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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